Bob Slate

Bob Slate Stationers is closed at this location, but I just came back from Cambridge and they are at 30 Brattle St., upstairs.

Miss you guys already :(

I went in the other day because there was a sign saying the place was closing! However, I was a little confused to find that nothing was on sale at all. Either the sign is wrong or they are NOT trying to move their merchandise. It’s kind of a bummer, but I have always preferred their location in Porter Square to this one. This is a great place to buy a notebook, pen, or calendars. You could easily end up walking out with a few things even if you just go in to browse. I like that it’s such a Cambridge fixture.

Bob Slate is amazing. I am a total office supply/​stationary junkie, and this place does not disappoint. I came in looking for holiday cards today and next thing you know I’m testing out every single black pen in the pen department, oohing and aahing over notebooks, and trying to justify buying a fancy pack of permanent markers for no real reason other than the fact that their rainbow colors lined up looked visually satisfying! They have a lot of gorgeous stationary here that is well worth checking out. This would be a great place to buy some nice notebooks or organizational gifts for a grad student or freelancer friend.

Oh Bob Slate, how many of my undergraduate days were spent wandering the aisles of your stores buying packages of notecards and fancy pens? To this day, the smell of your store — slightly musty — calms me down. I love your selection of notebooks of all sizes, photo albums, stationery, and pens of all colors and styles. I still don’t quite understand how you manage to have so much in a modest size store (nor do I understand how you manage to maintain two stores in Harvard Square and one in Porter), but I sincerely hope that when I come back to visit this city, your store will still be there going strong.

I’ve always loved a good stationary store, but Bob Slate really is as good as it gets. I’ve gone to them countless times with ridiculous requests from my office, and they always provide — — magnets, price tags, every conceivable kind of envelope, high quality pens, magazine holders — it goes on and on.
A real bonus is the fact that they sell many hard to find stationary store items from yesteryear that are amazing — and the prices are always to match. For example, you can get those cool manila tags to tie on parcels with string included for cents on the dollar. This kind of thing is basically impossible to find elsewhere.
They also have spectacular art supplies, and really the best cards and postcards around — there is something there for every occasion, and not the usual commercial stuff either. The card selection rotates regularly too for return buyers. This is an amazing resource — with excellent service as well to help you find anything in this well stocked store!

Bob Slate is a browser’s paradise. The store stocks a huge variety of writing implements, notebooks, journals, cards, stationery and miscellaneous nifty stuff. I always make a special stop to get little gifts and Christmas stocking stuffers because I know I will always find something unusual and fun.

I walked in here the other day just as a half-​way stop since it was freezing outside and man, I found myself in stationery heaven. It reminded me of when I was younger and how i loved collecting stationery even though I didn’t have anyone to write to so I started writing my cousin who lived next door. anyway, I digressed. Bob Slate is such a great place to kill your time and an awesome way to discover your hidden paper appreciation. Seriously. I didn’t realize that you could fall in love with a piece of paper, until I found this textured resume paper that… umm… well, it was a plain piece of paper but when i touched it, it was like one of those «wahhhhhh» moments for me, you know, like in the movies, when you find your inner God the the sun rises at the horizon and all. Anyway, so I got like 5 pieces of those because I just had to. And now I’m just staring at them and don’t know what to do with them. They’re too nice for anything. I guess I’ll just keep them on my night table and rub them for good luck before I go to bed every night. I so love my papers…

Oh my gawd, this little stationary store blew my mind. I was on vacation (visiting from Chicago) and was just meandering around the area looking for some interesting souvenirs to bring back for my family. I stumbled into this store just 15 minutes before closing, and I wished that I’d gotten there an hour earlier! I managed to get some really cool stuff — a colored pencil that had 6 COLORS IN ONE, a mini sketchbook, drawing pencils, a lovely Moleskine 2010 planner and would have purchased even more if it wasn’t closing time.
If you’re the kind of person who drools over journals, fancy pens and markers, and adorable paper clips, do yourself a favor and pay a visit to Bob Slate. It’s a good thing I don’t live in Cambridge because I would probably spend my entire paycheck on stationary and art supplies each month.

Need to plan your life away? For the past three years, I’ve gone to Bob Slate’s to pick up my Quo Vadis planner. They’ve got a great selection, and I’ve sent a number of friends their way too… And yes, I’m a little OCD about my planner. Other than that, they’ve got great knick knacks for offices, teachers, desks, etc… journals, pens, highlighters, folders, paper, ribbons… all in a teeny-​tiny store. Their sales people have always been super friendly and helpful, I love going here!

I love Bob Slate’s. I buy all my pens, pencils, and notebooks there. If you need any sort of writing, or even some basic art supplies, check here first. The staff is helpful and knowledgeable, and the selection is pretty top-​notch. Highly recommended!

Need a knick knack for your home office/​regular office? Want to traipse through the narrow aisles of binders, folders, cool pens and highlighters. Need a journal, a bag, a REALLY PRETTY AND INEXPENSIVE UMBRELLA? Want to meet some of the nicest workers around, they don’t make these people like they used to. If you answered yes to one or more of the above questions, then what are you doing here? GO. Go on, they’ll be waiting for you!